True Crime for Kids – serie
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2027
133 kr
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CONFIDENTIAL: a dossier of some of the world’s most outrageous real spy stories, perfect for young fans of James Bond and Mission Impossible.In Declassified! we can neither confirm nor deny that children will be thrilled by some of the wildest moments in espionage history, including:The Russian mole working inside the FBI who was finally caught with the help of a 25-year-old posing undercover as his assistant.The time a Bulgarian dissident was killed by an umbrella-wielding spy on a bridge in London.Operation Acoustic Kitty, when the CIA implanted microphones into cats' ears to use them as listening devices (an operation abandoned because of a complete failure to get the cats to do as they were told)Along the way, author Amanda Ohkle from the International Spy Museum weaves in explanations of key moments in history, from the American Revolution to the Cold War. Meanwhile stunning illustrations by Sam Caldwell will transport readers back to the dark alleys of Renaissance Europe, clandestine World War II hideouts, and secret KGB headquarters.Please burn after reading – but don’t actually, this book deserves re-reading!
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
263 kr
Kommande
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
133 kr
Kommande
A fun, illustrated guide to the true stories behind the world's most daring art heists by America's only art crime professor, Dr Erin Thompson.What do Rembrandt, Van Gogh, and Picasso have in common? Their artworks have all been stolen in bold heists!Step inside famous museums, including Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Paris's Louvre, and the Iraq National Museum. Trace the steps of the bold thieves who decided to walk out with some of their most well known and most valuable artworks, including Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Gustav Klimt's Portrait of a Lady, and The Scream by Edvard Munch.This book will reveal the true stories behind some of the world's most famous art thefts, blending art history with art mystery! Discover which pieces were taken, how the pilferers got in, and where their loot is now. Readers will also trace the routes that stolen artworks take after they've left a museum and how thieves are caught.The tactile cover features an elaborate foil frame with a hole where its artwork should be to immediately intrigue the reader and gives the book gift and shelf appeal.Author Dr Erin Thompson was awarded a PhD in Art History by Columbia University in 2010. For the last decade she's been a professor of Fraud, Forensics, Art Law & Crime at City University of New York. She specialises in the black market for looted antiques, controversial public monuments, and art made by detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Art Heist is her first book for children.